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Bible Lexicons

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Strong's #7902 - שִׁכְבָה

Transliteration

shᵉkâbâh

Phonetics

shek-aw-baw'

Origin

from (H7901)

Parts of Speech

feminine noun

TWOT

2381a

Definition

Brown-Driver-Briggs
Strong

Brown-Driver-Briggs' Definition

act of lying, layer, coating
1. act of lying (of sexual relations)
2. layer

Greek Equivalent Words:

Strong #: 2664 ‑ καταπαύω (kat‑ap‑ow'‑o); 2845 ‑ κοίτη (koy'‑tay);

Frequency Lists

Book
Word

Verse Results

ASV (6)

Exodus 2

Leviticus 3

Numbers 1

BSB (7)

Exodus 2

Leviticus 6

Numbers 1

CSB (7)

Exodus 2

Leviticus 6

Numbers 1

ESV (4)

Exodus 2

Leviticus 6

Numbers 1

KJV (9)

Exodus 2

Leviticus 6

Numbers 1

LEB (9)

Exodus 2

Leviticus 6

Numbers 1

LSB (7)

Exodus 2

Leviticus 5

N95 (7)

Exodus 2

Leviticus 5

NAS (5)

Exodus 2

Leviticus 7

Numbers 1

NLT (0)

The World English Bible
did not use
this Strong's Number

WEB (6)

Exodus 2

Leviticus 3

Numbers 1

ASV (6)

lay 1

of copulation 3

that lay 1

with her carnally 1

BSB (7)

a layer 1

an emission 2

and there is an emission 1

emission 1

has an emission 1

when the layer 1

CSB (7)

emission 5

layer 1

the layer 1

ESV (4)

comes 1

emission 2

lay 1

KJV (9)

* 1

carnally 1

copulation 3

lay 2

seed 2

LEB (9)

a layer of 1

an emission of 4

and ejaculates 1

and the layer of 1

and there is an emission of 2

LSB (7)

emission 5

layer 2

N95 (7)

emission 5

layer 2

NAS (5)

emission 2

layer 2

relations 1

NLT (0)

The World English Bible
did not use
this Strong's Number

WEB (6)

an emission 1

and there is an emission 1

lay 1

that lay 1

whereon the 1

with her carnally 1

Ancient Hebrew Lexicon Definitions

2834) b k s (סהכב ShKB) AC: Lay CO: Bed AB: Copulation: A laying down for copulation. [from: bs]

V) b k s (סהכב ShKB) - Lay: To lay down for copulation, rest or sleep. KJV (212): (vf: Paal, Niphal, Hiphil, Hophal, Pual) lie, sleep, rest - Strongs: H7901 (שָׁכַב)

N^f1) e b k s (סהכבה ShKBH) - Lying: A laying with another in copulation. Also something spread out. KJV (9): copulation, lie, carnally, from - Strongs: H7902 (שִׁכְבָה)

c^f2) t b f k s (סהכובת ShKWBT) - Copulation: KJV (4): lie - Strongs: H7903 (שְׁכֹבֶת)

h^m) b k s m (מסהכב MShKB) - Bed: [Hebrew and Aramaic] KJV (52): bed, couch - Strongs: H4903 (מִשְׁכַּב), H4904 (מִשְׁכָּב)

Brown-Driver-Briggs Expanded Definition

[שְׁכָבָה] noun feminine act of lying, layer; — only construct שִׁכְבַת all P; —

1 act of lying, as accusative of congnate meaning with verb with שׁכב

3: שִׁכְבַתזָֿ֑רַע Leviticus 15:18 a man lies with her a lying of seed (in copulation), compare Leviticus 19:20; Numbers 5:13; then ( = semen), תֵּצֵא שִׁכְבַתזָֿ֑רַע Leviticus 15:16,32; Leviticus 22:4 (+ מִמֶּנּוּ), ׳ז׳שׁ alone Leviticus 15:17.

2 layer of dew, שִׁכְבַת הַטָּ֑ל Exodus 16:13,14 (P).

List of Word Forms

שִׁכְבַ֣ת שִׁכְבַת־ שכבת שכבת־ shichVat šiḵ·ḇaṯ šiḵ·ḇaṯ- šiḵḇaṯ šiḵḇaṯ-